The Grand Gift of Silence "You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,' said he. 'It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. 'Pon my word, it is a great th...

A small note about inertia, silence, and #sherlockholmes at #DotingOnDoyle---
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"Halloa, Watson! What is this?" What it is, dear Mr. Holmes, is something you are familiar with: a hiatus. While your hiatus lasted a long three years, I plan to come...

Sometimes the only thing to do is to take a hiatus, as noted tonight at #DotingOnDoyle. It was good enough for #sherlockholmes, so it should work for me, too.
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Seclusion and Solitude Were Very Necessary I knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for my friend in those hours of intense mental concentration during which he weighed ...

A brief musing about #SherlockHolmes, seclusion and solitude at #DotingOnDoyle tonight--
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"He greeted me back to what had once been my home." " He greeted me back to what had once been my home ." OK, yes, yes, I have mixed a quote from "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" with artw...

Thinking about #sherlockholmes, #drwatson, and finding my way back to #221bBakerStreet tonight at #DotingOnDoyle.
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In That Case We Must Begin Again In that case, we must begin again...Good heavens, Watson, what has become of any brains that God has given me? Quick, Man, quick. It's li...

Thinking about #SherlockHolmes, #DrWatson, and the chance to begin again at #DotingOnDoyle this morning.
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"To put colour and life into each of your statements..." "You have erred, perhaps," he observed, taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs, and lighting with it the long cherrywood pipe which wa...

Searching for some #DrWatson comfort tonight and telling #sherlockholmes to be quiet at #DotingOnDoyle--
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Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire: Illustrating Some of Those Qualities "With due discretion the incident itself may, however, be described, since it serves to illustrate some of those qualities for which my fri...

Talking about illustrating #sherlockholmes's qualities in a different collection at #DotingOnDoyle tonight:
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His Human Love For Admiration A flush of colour sprang to Holmes's pale cheeks, and he bowed to us like the master dramatist who receives the homage of his audience.  ...

Tonight, at #DotingOnDoyle, I'm thinking about #sherlockholmes and his need for admiration, and perhaps my own.
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The Congenial Surroundings of Baker Street My friend's temper had not improved since he had been deprived of the congenial surroundings of Baker Street. Without his scrap-books, hi...

Thinking about the comfort of home and the "congenial surroundings of Baker Street" tonight at #DotingonDoyle.
#Sherlockholmes #ArthurConanDoyle #DrWatson
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IYKYK: The Compliments of the Season I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of ...

Some random thinking about Sherlockian community and language at #DotingOnDoyle tonight.

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In Hot Water with Watson "Because for the last few days I have been feeling rhe umatic and old.  A Turkish bath is what we call an alterative in medicine - a f...

Thinking about #DrWatson, #sherlockholmes, and hot water at #DotingOnDoyle today.
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"It's no use, John Clay."...or one other It's no use, John Clay. ' I shall be happy to give you an opinion upon the subject in the course of a day or two. To-day is Saturday, and...

Tonight at #DotingOnDoyle --Thinking about how to "scrunch" a character like John Clay, and the opening of a never to be finished short story....
#SherlockHolmes #ArthurConanDoyle #writing

"My dear Bram Stoker" Indeed Letter to Bram Stoker (20 august 1897)/ The Author Conan Doyle Encyclopedia Aug 20 /97 My dear Bram Stoker I am sure that you will not thin...

Appreciating Bram Stoker, and #ArthurConanDoyle's appreciation of Bram Stoker at #DotingOnDoyle tonight.
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"I do not wish to be ungrateful to Holmes..." or Doyle "I do not wish to be ungrateful to Holmes, who has been a good friend to me in many ways. If I have sometimes been inclined to weary of hi...

Trying to sort out the blurry lines between #SherlockHolmes and #ArthurConanDoyle tonight at #DotingOnDoyle

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WHEN I HAD GOT SO FAR IN MY LIST I THREW IT INTO THE FIRE When I had got so far in my list I threw it into the fire in despair. "If I can only find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling ...

Tonight at #DotingOnDoyle, I'm thinking about Dr. John H. Watson and a list he threw Into The Fire

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#writing #SherlockHolmes #IntoTheFire #ArthurConanDoyle

MAN, IT'S WITCHCRAFT! "Man, it's witchcraft ! Where in the name of all that is wonderful did you get those names?" In the opening of The Valley of Fear , Sherlock...

Considering how #SherlockHolmes and #ArthurConanDoyle teach the craft at #DotingOnDoyle: MAN, IT'S WITCHCRAFT! margiedeck.blogspot.com/2023/12/man-...

[Includes a short bit of Gothic Flash fiction]